Population in the Congo compared to Nauru: Trends, Charts, Rankings

the Congo and Nauru: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Congo	Nauru	Congo	Nauru
1960	1,056,732	4,607	-	-
1961	1,084,389	4,774	2.62%	3.62%
1962	1,113,175	4,979	2.65%	4.29%
1963	1,143,263	5,226	2.7%	4.96%
1964	1,174,816	5,515	2.76%	5.53%
1965	1,207,880	5,832	2.81%	5.75%
1966	1,242,534	6,043	2.87%	3.62%
1967	1,278,691	6,135	2.91%	1.52%
1968	1,316,519	6,328	2.96%	3.15%
1969	1,356,182	6,581	3.01%	4%
1970	1,397,638	6,710	3.06%	1.96%
1971	1,441,039	6,762	3.11%	0.77%
1972	1,486,468	6,812	3.15%	0.74%
1973	1,533,680	6,866	3.18%	0.79%
1974	1,582,301	6,923	3.17%	0.83%
1975	1,627,032	6,987	2.83%	0.92%
1976	1,667,225	7,064	2.47%	1.1%
1977	1,707,568	7,163	2.42%	1.4%
1978	1,748,089	7,298	2.37%	1.88%
1979	1,788,524	7,468	2.31%	2.33%
1980	1,828,985	7,649	2.26%	2.42%
1981	1,869,759	7,839	2.23%	2.48%
1982	1,910,430	8,040	2.18%	2.56%
1983	1,950,321	8,216	2.09%	2.19%
1984	1,999,528	8,377	2.52%	1.96%
1985	2,059,311	8,551	2.99%	2.08%
1986	2,120,602	8,742	2.98%	2.23%
1987	2,183,473	8,946	2.96%	2.33%
1988	2,247,653	9,165	2.94%	2.45%
1989	2,313,558	9,390	2.93%	2.45%
1990	2,380,560	9,622	2.9%	2.47%
1991	2,449,229	9,850	2.88%	2.37%
1992	2,519,465	10,021	2.87%	1.74%
1993	2,595,124	10,102	3%	0.81%
1994	2,673,144	10,137	3.01%	0.35%
1995	2,749,461	10,165	2.85%	0.28%
1996	2,826,785	10,183	2.81%	0.18%
1997	2,887,862	10,197	2.16%	0.14%
1998	2,952,061	10,198	2.22%	0.01%
1999	3,032,874	10,187	2.74%	-0.11%
2000	3,151,345	10,168	3.91%	-0.19%
2001	3,272,537	10,130	3.85%	-0.37%
2002	3,350,771	10,082	2.39%	-0.47%
2003	3,445,753	10,059	2.83%	-0.23%
2004	3,565,554	10,060	3.48%	0.01%
2005	3,696,393	10,049	3.67%	-0.11%
2006	3,837,409	10,034	3.81%	-0.15%
2007	3,980,430	10,020	3.73%	-0.14%
2008	4,113,517	10,009	3.34%	-0.11%
2009	4,281,219	10,016	4.08%	0.07%
2010	4,462,290	10,043	4.23%	0.27%
2011	4,609,724	10,098	3.3%	0.55%
2012	4,740,450	10,267	2.84%	1.67%
2013	4,857,099	10,517	2.46%	2.43%
2014	4,975,880	10,742	2.45%	2.14%
2015	5,097,581	10,954	2.45%	1.97%
2016	5,222,536	11,150	2.45%	1.79%
2017	5,351,011	11,324	2.46%	1.56%
2018	5,483,118	11,477	2.47%	1.35%
2019	5,616,661	11,587	2.44%	0.96%
2020	5,752,791	11,643	2.42%	0.48%
2021	5,892,183	11,709	2.42%	0.57%
2022	6,035,104	11,801	2.43%	0.79%
2023	6,182,885	11,875	2.45%	0.63%
2024	6,332,961	11,947	2.43%	0.61%
2025	6,484,427	12,030	2.39%	0.7%
2026	6,637,777	12,103	2.36%	0.61%
2027	6,794,288	12,196	2.36%	0.77%
2028	6,953,966	12,296	2.35%	0.82%
2029	7,116,456	12,403	2.34%	0.87%
2030	7,282,261	12,519	2.33%	0.94%
2031	7,452,405	12,645	2.34%	1%
2032	7,626,474	12,785	2.34%	1.11%
2033	7,802,988	12,921	2.31%	1.06%
2034	7,981,338	13,071	2.29%	1.16%
2035	8,160,723	13,230	2.25%	1.22%
2036	8,341,706	13,391	2.22%	1.21%
2037	8,524,798	13,541	2.19%	1.12%
2038	8,709,719	13,697	2.17%	1.16%
2039	8,896,164	13,857	2.14%	1.17%
2040	9,083,959	14,041	2.11%	1.33%
2041	9,274,654	14,220	2.1%	1.27%
2042	9,466,745	14,402	2.07%	1.28%
2043	9,658,834	14,579	2.03%	1.23%
2044	9,850,493	14,754	1.98%	1.2%
2045	10,041,891	14,920	1.94%	1.13%
2046	10,234,360	15,098	1.92%	1.19%
2047	10,427,899	15,268	1.89%	1.12%
2048	10,621,379	15,431	1.86%	1.07%
2049	10,813,639	15,595	1.81%	1.06%
2050	11,006,454	15,751	1.78%	1%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Congo increased by 1,401,188 people (a 37.9% growth), while Nauru gained 905 people (a 9.01% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Congo gained 1,510,028 (a 29.6% growth), while Nauru's population increased by 1,134 (a 10.4% growth).

The Congo was ranked 125th most populous country in 2005 and is 109th in 2025. Nauru was ranked 195th in 2005 and still ranked 195th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) the Congo's population will grow by 66.6% to 11,006,454 people with a rank change from 109th to 95th. The population of Nauru will increase by 30.3% to 15,751 people and rank change from 195th to 194th.